From rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Sun Dec 05 13:43:06 2004 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Sun, 05 Dec 2004 13:43:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.34) id 1Cb49i-00020a-AI for lojban-list@lojban.org; Sun, 05 Dec 2004 13:42:58 -0800 Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 13:42:58 -0800 To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Updated Letter Frequency Data Message-ID: <20041205214258.GZ25791@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <20041204184629.GU25791@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <20041204234414.GC6154@skunk.reutershealth.com> <20041205030622.GW25791@chain.digitalkingdom.org> <20041205034023.GI6154@skunk.reutershealth.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041205034023.GI6154@skunk.reutershealth.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040722i From: Robin Lee Powell X-archive-position: 9069 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 10:40:23PM -0500, John Cowan wrote: > > Robin Lee Powell scripsit: > > > I don't see how that's appropriate for scrabble, actually, > > Because you want to assign a score to a Scrabble letter based on > how rare it is in the Scrabble wordlist, without taking into > account how rare or common that particular word may be in running > text. Ah, OK. I wonder which format applies to Tri-Virsity. This is a game where you have a hand of cards with letters on them from which you form words, but it does not have a board of any kind. Opinions? > > edit my data to work that way trivially: > > Note that the relative frequency of "l" drops from most common > consonant to fourth most common, because its constant use in gadri > is no longer important. That's an excellent point. Thanks. -Robin -- http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** http://www.lojban.org/ Reason #237 To Learn Lojban: "Homonyms: Their Grate!" Proud Supporter of the Singularity Institute - http://singinst.org/